Liberty University Economics Organic Farming Discussion

Topics:

• PODCAST: Taxi vs. Uber: Episode 643 – The Taxi King
• POSCAST: Is the NCAA a cartel? Episode 579 – NCAA cartel
• Not all its cracked up to be: Oregon pot stores facing market pressures
• If you want people to embrace green technologies, you need to make them, well, green: Organic Farmers See Green Both in Sustainability and Profits

Thread Prompt: In this module/week’s forum, you must read one of the articles above or listen to one of the podcasts and provide a summary of the article or podcast in the opening paragraph. In your second paragraph, you must explain an economic idea contained in this story. This should relate to something from the text book reading. Specifically, note how the economic idea plays a prominent role in the story. In the third paragraph, you must explain what you think about the events in the story. You do not have to agree with what is going on, but you do need to provide your reaction to it. This is your chance to express yourself: what are your opinions? Be sure to defend your position. Finally, what do you think is a Christian response to this situation? Provide details to support your view (in other words, do not just say “Christians wouldn’t act the same way as economists”). Remember, you are expected to have two sources to support your post.